swallow
verb (used with object)
to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
swallowable
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a word derived from
swallow.
Example Sentences
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The Patriots long have been accused of practicing dark arts, but there is no swallowable pill, or spying, or ball deflation ploy, that is a shortcut to their substance.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2019
There is no swallowable substance that gets you to seven straight conference championship games.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2018
Iacono is a graduate student from West Chester University who plans to do a study later this summer involving a swallowable pill which will help monitor the core temperature of football players.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2014
Cassidy, filmed in and around Dublin with a wholehearted feel for the gritty poetry of the slums where the author lived and worked at the time of the Troubles, cuts O'Casey down to swallowable size.
From Time Magazine Archive
With his stout, conical beak he is able to break the shell of an acorn, peck a corn grain into swallowable bits, and tear open the toughest casing of a cocoon.
From Our Bird Comrades by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
